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real estate prices in 20 cities were up 4.3% in october compared to last year. that's not a bad increase. and that increase could reach close to 7%, giving homeowners more confidence when it's time to move. the congress department releases even more sales figures later today. >> good news to report. >>> now to what can only be described as a truly horrific start to a skiin >> oh, yeah. you've got to watch this. watch as an apparently inexperienced snowboarder tries to be dragged up a mountain in switzerland. he's one of a group of englishmen, all of whom stand by and -- >> wait for it. wait for it. >> there he goes. he's on his way and -- >> oh, no. >> we're cheering for him now. >> oh, there it is. >> not going to happen. >> anybody that's gone skiing knows that's a lot harder than it looks. >> my husband makes fun of me. i've gone like five times and i'm still going 2 miles per hour. apparently i don't like to drive in the snow and i don't like to snowboard. but i try. >> i have a confession to make. when i started snowboarding, that was me and i couldn't do i
real estate prices in 20 cities were up 4.3% in october compared to last year. that's not a bad increase. and that increase could reach close to 7%, giving homeowners more confidence when it's time to move. the congress department releases even more sales figures later today. >> good news to report. >>> now to what can only be described as a truly horrific start to a skiin >> oh, yeah. you've got to watch this. watch as an apparently inexperienced snowboarder tries to be...
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Dec 24, 2012
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. >> we don't want to turn our schools into dodge cities. >> reporter: at least one school district in new jersey placed armed guards in each school over the governor's objection. >> you don't want to make this an armed camp for kids. i don't think that's a positive example. >> such an interesting debate. you feel like we have to do something to prevent another tragedy like the one we saw in newtown. but folks say you don't want to make campuses feel like police states. and can schools afford these days to put armed patrolman in every campus? or every door and school. you don't know where it's going to go from here. >> most people agree on the idea of high magazine clips. why would you need 50 rounds. but most people agree on new gun control after newtown, gun sales skyrocketing. one store in virginia saying they've been off the charts. they've never seen anything like that before. just within the last week. >> watching the head of the nra give that press conference on friday and subsequent interview over the weekend, he said we're open to all solutions but took any gun control measure
. >> we don't want to turn our schools into dodge cities. >> reporter: at least one school district in new jersey placed armed guards in each school over the governor's objection. >> you don't want to make this an armed camp for kids. i don't think that's a positive example. >> such an interesting debate. you feel like we have to do something to prevent another tragedy like the one we saw in newtown. but folks say you don't want to make campuses feel like police states....
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Dec 26, 2012
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vast swaths of this city were suddenly dark, leaving 17,000 homes and businesses without power. emergency crews blocked roads to better assess the damage, while the rain continued to pour on the city. >> oh, jesus, look at that tornado. >> reporter: another of the more than a dozen tornadoes in the region damaged several homes in southeast mississippi. several people were injured, luckily none seriously. >> we have a lot of damage, people hurt. >> we've had homes that are 90% destroyed. >> reporter: the christmas day storm is being blamed for a young man's death in houston. he was trying to push aside a downed tree, when another tree snapped and fell on top of him, killing him instantly. blizzard conditions blanketed the midwest and beyond. snowplows had to clear roads as far south as lubbock, texas. interstate 40 near the intersection of i-35 and oklahoma was closed for most of christmas morning after a massive car pileup. freezing rain conditions caused 21 vehicles to crash into one another. several people were taken to the hospital. the storms are only expected to increase in
vast swaths of this city were suddenly dark, leaving 17,000 homes and businesses without power. emergency crews blocked roads to better assess the damage, while the rain continued to pour on the city. >> oh, jesus, look at that tornado. >> reporter: another of the more than a dozen tornadoes in the region damaged several homes in southeast mississippi. several people were injured, luckily none seriously. >> we have a lot of damage, people hurt. >> we've had homes that...
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. >> reporter: it's the city's first snowstorm of the season. many are bracing for more to come. >> if you wanted a white christmas, there you go. >>> the gulf coast is even bracing for the worst. >> including some christmas week tornadoes, believe it or not. andrew has the latest now from accuweather. >> while most of the nation will be relatively tranquil for the holidays, we're tracking one disturbance that will give us unsettled weather across portions of the gulf coast. late tonight, the houston area, we'll see thunderstorms popping up, spreading eastward throughout your christmas tuesday. louisiana, mississippi, alabama, georgia, interstates 10 and 20, torrential downpours, the threat for tornadoes. so a very destructive storm system on this saturday. the highest threat for tornadoes we are looking at around new orleans, mobile, right along interstate 10 and the western panhandle of florida. so definitely be on alert throughout christmas tuesday. we're looking for good snow across portions of the plain. >>> here's the rest of your christma
. >> reporter: it's the city's first snowstorm of the season. many are bracing for more to come. >> if you wanted a white christmas, there you go. >>> the gulf coast is even bracing for the worst. >> including some christmas week tornadoes, believe it or not. andrew has the latest now from accuweather. >> while most of the nation will be relatively tranquil for the holidays, we're tracking one disturbance that will give us unsettled weather across portions of...
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in las vegas, sin city proved its name in the hours before 2013. officials expecting more than 300,000 people right off the main drag. police are cracking down on anyone carrying bottles or glass. not only that, no one under the age of 18 was allowed. >> and the clock struck midnight in madrid hours before here. thousands of revelers braved the rain to ring in the new year. the recession has left spain with a staggering 25% unemployment rate there. and many are hoping that the new year brings some form of reform. 25% unemployment, that is very sad. and no time to celebrate for participants in this morning's tournament of roses parade. the 42 floats are ready and in position after a police escort brought them to pasadena. >> spectators are camping out along the parade rate, but no tents are allowed. the pentagon is making its tournament of roses debut honoring the veterans of the korean war. >> make sure you check out the rose parade on abc and the rose bowl. >> of course. >> and 2013 will begin with cold, cold weather in much of the country. they'r
in las vegas, sin city proved its name in the hours before 2013. officials expecting more than 300,000 people right off the main drag. police are cracking down on anyone carrying bottles or glass. not only that, no one under the age of 18 was allowed. >> and the clock struck midnight in madrid hours before here. thousands of revelers braved the rain to ring in the new year. the recession has left spain with a staggering 25% unemployment rate there. and many are hoping that the new year...
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Dec 27, 2012
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it cut a six-mile path through the city. it heavily damaged a high school, church and a number of homes. tens of thousands of people lost power. >> this storm has also made a mess out of the return trip for holiday travelers. you know you're stuck at the airport right now how hard it is. hundreds, perhaps thousands of flights have been canceled, and that's just so far. others were delayed for hours, leaving passengers stranded. even a pilot was among those voicing frustration. more now from abc's lisa stark. >> reporter: for tens of thousands of travelers scrambling to get home, any holiday cheer is gone. frustration even boiling over in the cockpit. one american airlines pilot talking to his passengers, was clearly fed up after nearly five hours on board, waiting to take off. >> it's beyond reproach. i have no words to tell you how sorry i am for all this. decisions are being made way above our heads by people that obviously, in my humble opinion, don't have a clue what they're doing. >> reporter: that flight from dallas to
it cut a six-mile path through the city. it heavily damaged a high school, church and a number of homes. tens of thousands of people lost power. >> this storm has also made a mess out of the return trip for holiday travelers. you know you're stuck at the airport right now how hard it is. hundreds, perhaps thousands of flights have been canceled, and that's just so far. others were delayed for hours, leaving passengers stranded. even a pilot was among those voicing frustration. more now...
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Dec 28, 2012
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. >> 40s from seattle to san francisco, 20s from the twin cities to kansas city. and 30s for the midwest and northeast. >>> moving to the other big story, president obama and top lawmakers meet at the white house today on the fiscal cliff. whether they'll be able to reach a compromise is still an open question, but just in case, speaker john boehner has called house members to a rare sunday session. here's abc's jonathan karl with more. >> reporter: president obama cut short his hawaiian vacation, rushing back to washington where storm clouds, real storm clouds are gathering over the capitol. instead of deal making, it's name calling. the top democrat in the senate, accusing the republican speaker of the house of running a dictatorship. they say they haven't given up, but it sounds that way. >> i don't know time wise how it can happen now. >> here we are, once again, at the end of the year, staring at a crisis we should have dealt with literally months ago. >> reporter: without an agreement soon, nearly everybody takes a hit. a schoolteacher with two kids and a sa
. >> 40s from seattle to san francisco, 20s from the twin cities to kansas city. and 30s for the midwest and northeast. >>> moving to the other big story, president obama and top lawmakers meet at the white house today on the fiscal cliff. whether they'll be able to reach a compromise is still an open question, but just in case, speaker john boehner has called house members to a rare sunday session. here's abc's jonathan karl with more. >> reporter: president obama cut...